Scowl

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vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    皺眉;沈下臉,顯怒容[(+at)]

                      His wife scowled when he came home late again.

          2.    妻子見他回家又是很遲,臉上露出不悅之色。

          3.    (天氣)變陰沈



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    皺眉表示;對...沈下臉

                      The father scowled his disappointment at his son.

                      父親皺眉對兒子表示失望。



n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    皺眉;怒容;繃著的臉

                      I wonder why he is wearing an angry scowl.

                      我不知道他為何面帶怒容。

          2.    陰沈沈的樣子





Dictionary.com



–verb (used without object) 

1. to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner. 

2. to have a gloomy or threatening look.  



–verb (used with object) 

3. to affect or express with a scowl.  



–noun 

4. a scowling expression, look, or aspect.  



—Synonyms 

1. frown, lower, glare. 

2. glower, gloom.





　The cynic in us all may scowl at sweetness for the sake of sweetness, but is that really a valuable criticism when, in the end, it still makes us smile?





see dour sullen morose sulk sultry